After everyone finished laughing, Tang Shishi glanced at Wen Jing and Wang Yan, and said with a sigh from her heart: "It's the two younger sisters, and now they have really become delicate beauties, I don't know how many talented people will be fascinated if they go out of this mansion." Tang Shishi giggled when she said this.

However, when he was laughing, if he looked at Li Yan casually, he didn't know if Tang Shishi was just looking at it or expressing it, this was unknown, and no one noticed this subtle action.

Miss Shishi laughed. Wen Jing and Wang Yan heard Tang Shishi's quip, their faces turned slightly red, and they said with a humble and inferior smile: "We can match Miss Shishi there, but we just changed our outfits." ”

However, when Wen Jing said this, she also glanced at Li Yan with nothingness. However, when he saw Li Yan, he was not looking at him at all, but comforting his younger brother, and he felt a little lost in his heart.

In fact, Wen Jing's psychology is also a good explanation, Wen Jing likes Li Yan, and Li Yan likes her or not, she doesn't know. So no matter which woman it is, in front of the person she likes, she behaves very differently, whether it is words and deeds, or some other actions. It's the same as a man's actions in front of the woman he likes.

So since he likes Li Yan, he hopes that Li Yan can pay attention to himself. It's like now that she has changed her clothes and dressed up carefully, she thinks that Li Yan can praise two words, or look at it twice.

There has been a saying since ancient times: A man dies for his confidant, and a woman is a person who pleases himself. The woman she is talking about probably refers to the kind of people who are quiet, and the person who pleases herself should be Li Yan.

And Wen Jing glanced at Li Yan casually, but she was caught by Tang Shishi, who had been watching her. When Tang Shishi saw it, she smiled and said: "My sister is modest, yes, there are old acquaintances here, so it's good to admit it." I just don't know which guy a big beauty like my sister will be cheaper in the future, alas. Tang Shishi said this, sighed slightly, and looked regretful.

But when she said this again, Tang Shishi glanced at it slightly. And the meaning expressed in her words, no one understands, I am afraid that only she knows the meaning of the expression.

Wen Jing heard Tang Shishi's joking words, her face suddenly became shy, and she glanced at Tang Shishi with disgust and said, "Miss Shishi, don't say it again, otherwise I will ignore you." ”

When Tang Shishi saw this, she just smiled and didn't say anything. However, in her heart, there was a feeling of indescribability. This feeling arose after Wen Jing spoke a few times after glancing at Li Yan.

It annoyed her, but sometimes she liked it, and she couldn't figure out what was going on.

Wen Jing didn't know the meaning of Tang Shi's words, and Tang Shishi didn't explain what it meant.

Everyone was also very tired because they had been running around for nearly 20 days, and no one went out in the afternoon, but Li Yan went out because he had something to deal with.

Li Yan roamed the street directly after the gate. Ran had only left the Tang Mansion for a few minutes before Chen Meng came to him.

"Childe is so Yaxing, shopping alone." Chen Meng came to Li Yan's side and said with a smile.

When Li Yan heard Chen Meng's words, he chuckled twice and said, "Hehe, isn't Brother Chen Meng shopping alone." Li Yan said this as if he was referring to something.

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words, he was immediately speechless. I'm just joking with you, but it's good that you actually said that I skipped work.

However, Chen Meng understood the meaning, and he wouldn't say it, but just laughed twice and said: "Childe is joking, where do I have time to go shopping, but I am looking for Childe to have something to do." ”

"Looking for me?" Li Yan was surprised when he heard this, so he asked: "You and I only came back today, according to the situation, you should be Mu Xiu today, why are you still on duty?" "What Li Yan said earlier, but he just wanted to respond to Chen Meng, but he didn't expect that this Chen Meng was really on duty.

From these words, Chen Meng heard Li Yan's previous words, but he just wanted to respond to him, but now it is still important to get down to business, so he doesn't care about this, and hurriedly says: "I am not on duty today, but after I came back, I found the county guard, and talked about what we had encountered in the past two days, and it was precisely because I told the county guard about this that I asked me to come to you, and the county guard wants to see you now." ”

"You told me about this?" Li Yan knew that Chen Meng was looking for him, but what he didn't expect was that Chen Meng actually said something about Ma Gui. But then it became clear that Chen Meng, as a guard beside Tang Liwen, had the obligation to report to him what they had encountered outside, even if Chen Meng didn't report it, Tang Liwen would have to ask.

After thinking about this, Li Yan didn't say anything anymore, but he still glanced at Chen Meng, he originally planned to say this thing himself, but every time he thought of it, this guy had already said it, but that's fine.

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's question, he nodded directly. However, when he saw Li Yan rolling his eyes, he was a little unsure where he had provoked him again.

"In that case, take me to Uncle Tang." Since Tang Liwen wanted to see him, Li Yan couldn't go away, so he said, "By the way, where is Uncle Tang now?" ”

"I'm waiting for my son in the county office." Chen Meng said.

When Li Yan heard this, he said, "Take me there." ”

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words, he led the way in front, and the two of them walked in the direction of the county office.

The county government is the place where the highest office of a county is located, that is, the place where the highest local governor handles official business. So Tang Liwen's daily handling of things is handled here.

At the gate of the county office, there are people coming and going inside the gate, these people are all government officials, and they are on duty in the county office, and of course there are some people who come to solve things.

Li Yan was led by Chen Meng to the gate of the county office, looked up, and directly followed Chen Meng into it.

Li Yan, the county government, came once, and last time, Chen Meng brought him here, but he didn't go in, he just looked at it from a distance, and this time he really went in.

Entering the county office, Li Yan was taken into the county office by Chen Meng, and after turning left and right for a while, he came to a door.

Chen Meng stood in front of the door, knocked lightly twice, and a middle-aged man's voice came from inside: "Come in." This voice is Tang Liwen's voice.

When Li Yan and Chen Meng heard this, they pushed the door and entered the room.

There are many wooden shelves in the room twice, and the wooden shelves are full of books and bamboo slips. There is a desk in front of the door, and there are also a lot of books and bamboo slips on the desk, as well as some folds.

At the desk sat a middle-aged man who was reading a book in his hand. When Li Yan and Chen Meng came to him, they slowly put down the fold in their hands, glanced at Li Yan and said with a smile: "It turns out that Li Yan is here, sit." ”

When Tang Liwen said this, he pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for Li Yan to sit down.

Li Yan nodded when he saw this and sat down, and after Tang Liwen saw Li Yan sit down, he looked at Li Yan and said, "Chen Meng has already told you the purpose of my search." ”

Li Yan nodded: "Yes." ”

Tang Liwen directly cut to the point and asked: "What is the evidence of Ma Yifei's confession?" ”

"Brought it." When Li Yan heard this, he took out another piece of paper from his body with what he said about Ma Yifei and came out.

Li Yan took it out and handed it directly to Tang Liwen. Tang Liwen took the confession, opened it and slowly looked at it.

When Li Yan saw this, he didn't make a sound to disturb, so he sat quietly and waited.

After a long while, Tang Liwen put down the piece of paper in his hand and said slightly angrily: "This Ma Gui is eating the court's money, and he is actually doing something against the will of the court, which is really unforgivable." And as a parent official in a place, he is not good at teaching his own children, and he is so good at letting go of defiling a good woman, what qualifications does he have to be a parent official in a place. ”

When Li Yan heard Tang Liwen's words, he didn't say anything, just sat aside and listened quietly.

After Tang Liwen finished getting angry, he slowly calmed down his emotions, and continued to say lightly:

"Actually, I had already received a letter about him at the beginning of the year, but because of the lack of evidence for this matter, it was over, and during this time, because of this powerful matter, I didn't pay attention to this Ma Gui, but I didn't expect his son to do such a thing again, and he actually did it to your friend, which is an unforgivable crime."

"The first few times it was because of insufficient evidence, it was difficult to deal with, but this time with this testimony, he couldn't run away. This time, we must make this matter clear to the emperor and ask the emperor to make a ruling. ”

"Regarding the previous documents of the Nama County Order, my aunt told me these things at lunch." Li Yan heard Tang Liwen's words and said: "Actually, Ma Yifei, the son of this Ma County Order, is just bullying men and women, and he Ma County Commander did not deal with it impartially for his son, but used money or put people under house arrest, etc., this crime is not death, so the saint should directly deprive him of his official position, confiscate all his property, and then he should be exiled to the border pass." ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect Li to know the laws of the Tang Dynasty so well." When Tang Liwen heard Li Yan's words, he smiled with satisfaction and said: "It's also a crime that doesn't lead to death, exile or not, sometimes, it's more painful to live than to die." So it's good that he lives to repent. ”

When Li Yan heard Tang Liwen's words, he nodded and said, "If there is nothing to do, the juniors will leave first." After Li Yan finished speaking, he got up and saluted, and then prepared to leave.

"Wait." Tang Liwen saw that Li Yan was leaving, so he stopped him and said, "For the rest of the time, you should have nothing to do, plus you have been away for so long, so you don't know much about the current situation in the city, so I'll tell you about it." ”

Li Yan originally had the intention of leaving, but when he heard Tang Liwen's words, he stopped. Li Yan's original plan was to wait for Chen Meng to understand clearly, and let Chen Meng tell him, but now Tang Liwen wants to tell himself in person, which is also a good choice. After all, when Chen Meng understands everything clearly, and when he knows, I'm afraid he will have to wait until tomorrow.

"Oh, yes." After Tang Liwen saw Li Yan sitting on the chair again, he suddenly asked, "I heard Chen Meng say that you cheated Ma Gui for eight thousand taels?" Something else? ”

When Li Yan heard Tang Liwen ask like this, his expression suddenly straightened, and he looked at Tang Liwen vigilantly and said, "There is such a thing. ”

Tang Liwen saw Li Yan's vigilant look, smiled and said: Don't worry, "I won't let you hand it over, after all, this is what you originally obtained." I just want to say that I will do this in the future, pay attention to safety, after all, rabbits are in a hurry to bite, and it is inevitable that sometimes they are not in their expectations, you must know that eight thousand taels is not a few. ”

Li Yan heard Tang Liwen say that he would not let himself call out, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Because Tang Liwen suddenly asked about this matter, he thought he was going to let him hand it over, but it wasn't. But then it became embarrassing. Because his money is useful, if it is useless, it is okay to hand over a part of it. After all, I eat and drink for free in other people's homes, and I also get pocket money every month.

Thinking of this, Li Yan smiled awkwardly at Tang Liwen and said, "It made Uncle Tang laugh." It's not that the younger generations are reluctant, the main thing is that my friends have come to the county town, and they have no relatives or friends to take refuge in the county town, and now they live in Uncle Tang's house. Therefore, the younger generation plans to use a sum of money to buy them a house in the county town for them to live in, and wait for the Ma County Order to pass, and then let them take their parents over and live in this county town, without having to work so hard in the countryside. ”

"Hehe, it's nothing." Tang Liwen heard Li Yan say the purpose, smiled and said: "But the housing prices in this county town are a bit expensive, and you let their families come to settle down, they will have no source of income, and when the time comes, they will be raised by themselves, your point is not enough, do you want Uncle to support you a little?" ”

"Huh. Uncle Xie is kind, this one is not needed. Li Yan declined Tang Liwen's kindness and said: "After they come here, they will give them a sum of money, let them do a little business, or find them a job, just be able to support their families, not to mention how rich they are." However, when arranging them, they had to ask Uncle Tang to help, after all, there seemed to be few people in this county town. ”

Li Yan's purpose in doing this is to let them leave the countryside and come to this county town to develop, otherwise where will these people be for generations, unless there is a war, famine, etc., they will be forced to leave, and when they get to the city, their thinking will be affected, so that they will slowly change.

Once a person's thinking has changed, then his life will also change, because of the problem of thinking, some things that he dare not do, after the change, he will slowly try to do it.

When Tang Liwen heard Li Yan say this, he didn't say anything anymore, and Li Yan could do this. As long as they can be self-sufficient, and need to support them. As long as you have hands and feet, you won't go hungry in this county.

"In that case, then that's what you say, but if you need my help, just tell me about it." Tang Liwen nodded and said.

Li Yan nodded when he heard this, and he agreed.

When Tang Liwen saw this, he didn't mention anything more, but said directly to the point: "During the period of time when you went out to play, this Gao Qiang was the same as usual, but there were a lot of barbarians in this county, these people were all from the Western Turks, but they frequently moved around with the people of Gaofu, so I suspect that these people are not from the Western Turks, but from the Eastern Turks. ”

"You also know that during this period of time, the people of the Eastern Turks have been wandering around my Datang border pass, and the previous week, they were still disturbing the villages and towns near the border pass, so in such a tense period of time, there are a lot of Turkic people in my small county town, what does this mean, I believe that with your intelligence, you should understand the truth."

"It's really suspicious." When Li Yan heard Tang Liwen's words, he nodded in agreement.

In the past, it was just a suspicion of treason against Gao Qiang, but now, it's not as simple as suspicion.

However, Li Yan has an opinion and can't figure it out, how did this powerful man leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty after he defected to the enemy and betrayed the country? You must know that this is a distance of nearly 1,000 miles, and before this high strength reaches the border pass, the border pass has already received the news.

So Li Yan asked the question in his heart and asked: "Uncle Tang, I don't know something, if this Gao Duwei wants to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, then how can he leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty, you must know that there is a distance of nearly 1,000 miles from here to the change, and this distance is not short." ”

"Huh. You ask me about this, and I don't know, after all, I'm not this high-power. When Tang Liwen heard Li Yan's question, he also said helplessly: "But we can roughly guess some, and we don't know whether it is accurate or not." ”

"Oh? So according to Uncle Tang's guess, which route will they take? Li Yan heard that he would guess something, so he hurriedly asked.

"It is from Xihe County all the way to the north, passing through Shuozhou and Shengzhou, and going to the territory of the Eastern Turks." Tang Liwen explained: "At this time, there is the closest road to the border pass, so if he wants to leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty quickly, he can only walk. ”

"Then since the route has been guessed, there is still a question in the hearts of the juniors." When Li Yan heard what Tang Liwen said, it was also very reasonable, so he continued to ask: "That is, this Gao Qiang enjoys an official position in my Tang Dynasty, why did he join the enemy?" ”

"Hehe, what's so hard to think about here, it's nothing more than power and money." Tang Liwen heard Li Yan's question, and said with a smile: "You Chen Meng should have told you that this Gao Qiang surrendered from other grass kings when the Tang Dynasty fought for reunification, and before he threw himself into my Tang Dynasty, he also voted for other grass kings several times, so he also has a title, called Wall Head Grass." ”

"Now that the Tang Dynasty has been unified, there is no internal strife, but there is also an external trouble, and this external trouble is the Eastern Turks. At the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, because of the unification of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, a lot of money, manpower and national strength were consumed, which led to the lack of strength in soldiers and horses. ”